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Irish_Dem

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32. It is a total cluster F from a military standpoint.

Tue Mar 1, 2022, 04:20 PM

Mar 2022

I just don't understand how Putin could screw up so badly.
Even their PR was terrible.

I think Putin felt invincible after his successful soft invasion of the US.
Owned a sitting US president, half the US congress, and US media. The GOP let him in the front door. It was like taking candy from a baby. He was an evil genius. It all went to his head and he felt invincible. And thought Ukraine and Europe was his for the taking.

He didn't listen to his generals or his intel. He was like Hitler, thought he knew better than anyone. Typical narcissist.

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Is this the biggest military blunder since Hitler's Operation Barbarossa? [View all] Elwood P Dowd Mar 2022 OP

That's the problem. COL Mustard Mar 2022 #1

... lame54 Mar 2022 #5

This seriously sounds like something from The Move. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 #17

Agree! PortTack Mar 2022 #2

A week ago Putin was the most feared man in the world... lame54 Mar 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Mar 2022 #7

Yep, with the exception of a few countries and a few million Trump voters, most of planet earth Elwood P Dowd Mar 2022 #9

Well, he's still feared, but mostly because Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #18

+1, his whore in America still fears him though. He's been kinda quite lately about his pimp uponit7771 Mar 2022 #28

Huge mistake. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #4

It was doomed from the start SoonerPride Mar 2022 #6

It's a pretty massive blunder, that's for sure. Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #8

This action is not even a week old. former9thward Mar 2022 #10

In my book, he is a military laughing stock. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #11

The West wanted to support Russia after the fall of the USSR and gave them samsingh Mar 2022 #15

We learned from WWI, that if you severely humiliate and punish an enemy Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #22

We "learned" only through dumb luck... regnaD kciN Mar 2022 #34

That may have been part of it. But the Marshall Plan was very successful, a well thought out plan. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #37

Barbarossa involved 7 million soldiers moving across thousands of miles. WarGamer Mar 2022 #12

Kuwait, 1990 was a huge blunder too Polybius Mar 2022 #13

The US ambassador April Glaspie to Iraq, told Saddam, marie999 Mar 2022 #30

It wouldn't have been a blunder if the U.S. had stayed out.... regnaD kciN Mar 2022 #35

Wish we would have Polybius Mar 2022 #44

Could the US have somehow sabotaged Putin's military plan? Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #14

There's a Russian propaganda video that was supposed to air 2 days after the attack began claiming uponit7771 Mar 2022 #26

It is a total cluster F from a military standpoint. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #32

+1, RA is ate up while the UA is operating on all cylinders attacking naked RA support troops. uponit7771 Mar 2022 #36

Zelensky is a genius. He is winning a war using WORDS. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #39

Well, we are certainly feeding intel to the Ukrainians drray23 Mar 2022 #38

Yes I am beginning to think there was more covert work going on Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #40

I believe it's a horrible mistake. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #16

+1, the eastern fight in 14 took 2 days for RU forces to win because 98% of UKR equipment failed uponit7771 Mar 2022 #27

Ask me in a year sarisataka Mar 2022 #19

Operation Barbarossa was 5 months long, we got a ways to go, it's going to be a grinding war Shanti Shanti Shanti Mar 2022 #20

It does seem pretty bad. temporary311 Mar 2022 #21

Barbarossa was VERY successful at first before Hitler split up forces to go after symbolic crap like uponit7771 Mar 2022 #23

I hope not JustAnotherGen Mar 2022 #24

Putin is a ruthless and cruel killer. It's only a blunder to him if it Hortensis Mar 2022 #25

I don't know, western nations can make it ultimately FEEL like a blunder for the Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #31

Yes, but unhappy Russians'd only matter if they stopped Putin, Hortensis Mar 2022 #42

I'm not sure that is a very good comparison. Disaffected Mar 2022 #29

No but it is a blunder. Putin has revealed that Russia is no yellowcanine Mar 2022 #33

hitleer launched barbarossa 7 weeks too late near the end of June instead of early May msongs Mar 2022 #41

Plus, in 1942 he fucked up and sent some of his armies to Stalingrad, another colossal blunder. Elwood P Dowd Mar 2022 #43